What’s Franklin have in store for Atlantic Canada?
August 29, 2023 Philip PoradoAs Hurricane Franklin starts turning North, Atlantic Canada is watching and waiting to see whether it makes a direct hit, or if the storm will weaken before reaching Canada’s coast, as current maps suggest. Franklin is expected to cross the…
Coalition on climate adaptation says Canada needs hard targets on disaster resilience
September 13, 2022 Mia Rabson - THE CANADIAN PRESSOTTAWA – A broad coalition on climate adaptation and disaster resilience says air conditioning should become a human right on par with winter heating – one of a series of hard targets it says Canada needs to meet in the…
Can scientists predict when the next exceptional high tide will occur along the St. Lawrence River?
July 13, 2022 The Canadian PressThis article was originally published on The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Disclosure information is available on the original site. Authors: Cedric Chavanne, Professeur en oceanographie physique, Universite du Quebec a…
Why your client now needs environmental insurance
July 4, 2022 by Jason ContantClimate change is resulting in larger and non-traditional pollution losses, necessitating the need for environmental insurance to cover possible coverage gaps left by other policies, an environmental insurance expert said recently. Stronger storms coupled with increased land development can lead…
How the derecho impacted claims service levels
June 7, 2022 by Jason ContantIt’s only natural claims adjusting service levels will drop, given the large number of claims arising from the derecho that struck parts of Ontario and Quebec in May, says the president of the Canadian Independent Adjusters’ Association (CIAA). “Things like…
Flood watches remain in parts of B.C.
June 7, 2022 The Canadian PressVANCOUVER – Emergency officials say as many as 20 buildings are flooded in three northwestern British Columbia communities. But a break in the weather has slowed rising waterways across the region. The Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine ordered the evacuation of…
Kenora, Ont., residents told to watch for possible flooding amid rising water levels
May 16, 2022 The Canadian PressA city in northwestern Ontario is monitoring water levels and telling residents to watch for the possibility of flooding. That comes after an evacuation order was issued by the City of Kenora on Friday that said hundreds of residents were…
Heavy flooding forces residents of Northwest Territories town from their homes
May 13, 2022 The Canadian PressHAY RIVER, N.W.T. – About 3,500 residents have been ordered to evacuate a town in the Northwest Territories as volatile water levels never before experienced in some areas cause extensive flooding and damage. People in Hay River, on the south…
Swollen rivers, flooded roads prompt evacuations in some areas of Manitoba
May 2, 2022 Brittany Hobson and Steve Lambert - THE CANADIAN PRESSWINNIPEG – Flooding has forced evacuations in some parts of Manitoba after heavy rains caused rivers to swell. The Peguis First Nation, about 150 kilometres north of Winnipeg, was placed under a mandatory evacuation order after ice jams on the…
Officials advocate for federal funding to upgrade dikes after floods
April 29, 2022 The Canadian PressOTTAWA – The mayor of Abbotsford, B.C., says expecting local governments to shoulder the cost of infrastructure upgrades to protect their communities from flooding has been a “monumental mistake.” Henry Braun made the comment to a Senate standing committee on…
B.C. mayors dealing with flooding and wildfire damage call on feds to deliver funds
April 12, 2022 Camille Bains - THE CANADIAN PRESSVANCOUVER – British Columbia mayors whose communities were devastated by last year’s flooding and wildfires want the federal government to deliver billions of dollars in promised funding as soon as possible. Abbotsford Mayor Henry Braun said he was among 28…
New Brunswick monitoring potential for flooding as river levels begin to rise
April 11, 2022 Kevin Bissett - THE CANADIAN PRESSFREDERICTON – New Brunswick officials are advising people in flood-prone areas of the province to pay attention as the water levels of the Saint John River are on the rise. The spillway gates at the Mactaquac Dam, near Fredericton, will…